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Capital : |
Paris .
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| Climate :
| generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral .
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| Life expectancy :
| 79.44 years .
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| Fertility rate :
| 1.85 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic .
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| Population :
| 60,424,213 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total :
| 547,030 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use :
| 33,905,400 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular :
| 41,683,100 (2003) .
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| International Country Code :
| 33.
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